Birds of Prey

Cover: Michael Whelan.

PAST AND FUTURE CLASH ON THE BATTLEGROUND THAT IS ROME, A.D. 262

The Empire is in crisis – barbarian hordes, long held in check, have broken across the borders, spreading destruction in their wake. In the Eternal City itself, fear reigns as mobs riot in the streets, and any petty tyrant can lay claim to the title of Caesar.

Into this time of chaos come two mysterious forces. One, unseen, draws many into dark rites of blood and death; the other brings strange technology, and warning of peril to ages yet to come. One man can hold the dark at bay, now and in mankind's distant future. Aulus Perennius, shrewd and cynical Imperial agent, must choose his ground, and fight with alien weapons an enemy not even human.